Overview
- Ukrenergo introduced emergency power cuts across most regions after overnight strikes involving drones, missiles and fighter jets.
- Kyiv officials reported two deaths in the capital, while regional authorities said a woman and her two daughters, including a six-month-old baby, were killed near the city, bringing the toll to at least six nationwide.
- Energy and residential sites were hit in multiple areas, with significant damage reported at a DTEK facility in Odesa region and strikes also affecting Poltava, Zaporizhzhia and the port of Izmail.
- In Chernihiv, where a day earlier power and water were knocked out, officials said circling drones prevented repair crews from restoring facilities, and about 20 Shahed-type drones killed four civilians in Novhorod-Siverskyi.
- The White House said there are no immediate plans for a Trump–Putin meeting, as Kyiv renews calls for Patriot systems and long-range missiles; Ukraine also said it struck Russia’s Bryansk chemical plant with Storm Shadow missiles.